Maria Tallchief, an Osage dancer from Oklahoma known as ... In 1944, Russian choreographer George Balanchine joined Ballet ...

The Osage Nation will help celebrate the release of the Tallchief Barbie at an event set for 10 a.m. Nov. 18 in Pawhuska.

Tallchief, who died in 2013, was America's first prima ballerina, and her daughter, Elise Paschen, tells PEOPLE how "exciting ...

But Tallchief refused and insisted on dancing as Maria Tallchief ... Tallcheif began working with famed ballet choreographer George Balanchine, and later became the star of his newly-founded ...

“We have always had the cream,” boasts New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine ... per formed 47 solos so far this season, while Maria Tallchief, 39, long the company’s biggest ...